Pranab to retire in 2014

Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee intends to retire from active politics once the UPA’s current tenure ends.

“I will be 79. Perhaps that is the time to take a little bit of rest,” he said, responding to a question at the Hindustan Times summit on Friday. “I’ll go to my study where I have collected a large number of books I did not have the time to read,” he added.